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A new rage group appeared in the Greek anarcho-scene: the Eco Green Anarchists. They threaten butchers, hunters, pet shops, slaughterers, fishmonger’s, fur shops and even the “cadaver-eater next door.” The new movement has already smashed the windows of a butcher’s shop and vehicle in Exarcheia district of Athens last week. …

Members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas raided the office of a clinic director in Public Hospital Evaggelismos in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Accusing him of taking money under the hand (fakelaki) by patients, they threatened him they “would cut his hand off” if he would do it again. In a …

A furious sweet shop owner is Volos shot in the air with a rifle and threatened to “get the saber” while tax auditors were confirming a penalty for violations of the tax law. The horrified tax auditors, two men and one woman, called the police. The businessman was arrested, a …

May 3, 2017Turkey-GRComments Off on Turkey threatens Cyprus, oil giants ENI and TOTAL, and to annex Northern Cyprus

In a letter to the United Nations, Turkey’s UN Permanent Representative threatens Cyprus but also oil giants ENI and TOTAL over offshore hydrocarbon exploration in Block 6 in Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone. Ankara not only disputes the possibility of Cyprus to carry out exploration or give licenses but also declares …

The European Union’s commissioner for migration says there are ways to make all EU members states comply with the program of relocation of refugees among them. Dimitris Avramopoulos made the statement last week in Warsaw, where he is visiting the growing European border guard agency, Frontex. Poland is refusing to …

March 23, 2017Politics, WorldComments Off on EU summons Turkish ambassador over Erdogan “Europeans will not walk safe”

The European Commission summoned the Turkish ambassador to Brussels seeking explanations about the statements of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that “Europeans will not walk safely on the streets.” The European Commission said on Thursday it had summoned the Turkish ambassador to explain comments by President Tayyip Erdogan that Europeans would …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Europeans across the world would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude. Turkey has been embroiled in a row with Germany and the Netherlands over the barring of campaign appearances by Turkish officials …

As relations between Turkey and Europe deteriorated, the government in Ankara did what it knows best: it fired threats. Exactly there where it knows it hurts Europe: The Refugees. At least two ministers told media that the government is considering to review the EU Turkey Deal. The statements were immediately …

The diplomatic row between Turkey and the Netherlands has escalated to unprecedented level. The Dutch detained a Turkish minister and escorted her to the borders in Germany, police used dogs and water cannon to disperse angry Turks protesting near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam on Saturday. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim …

February 19, 2017EconomyComments Off on Schaeuble: “I have never made Grexit threats”

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble denied on Sunday that he had said Greece would have to leave the eurozone if it failed to implement economic reforms. In an ARD television interview, Schaeuble that Greece would not have problems if it implemented agreed reforms, but would if it fails to carry …

February 1, 2017Politics, Turkey-GRComments Off on Turkey openly threatens Greece with Armed Forces intervention in the Aegean

Turkey’s deputy prime minister Veysi Kaynak openly threatened Greece and claimed that the Turkish Armed Forces will prevent Greece in the Aegean Sea. Speaking to state-run Anadolu News Agency, Kaynak said: “Greece, just like in Kardak [Turkish name for Imia] is trying to exploit tie islets but Turkey will not …

Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatens to cancel the refugees readmission deal with Greece although readmission of refugees and migrants in not a bilateral agreement but an EU Turkey deal. Ankara is furious about the Supreme Court decision to not extradite the eight Turkish officers to Turkey. Cavusoglu said on …

Turkey is furious at the Greek Supreme Court ruling that blocked the extradition of the 8 Turkish officers. Within minutes, prosecutors in Istanbul issued arrest warrants against the eight, while the Turkish Foreign Ministry warned Greece of “impact of the decision on the bilateral ties” and accused Athens of “supporting …

Unilever, Coca Cola, Nestle and Delta decided to preventive withdraw some of their products from the super market shelves and all points of sales after threats of contamination were posted on Greek internet on Tuesday. According to Greek media, the threat text was uploaded on the website of the anti-authoritarian …

Four boats carrying 200 hundred migrants from African countries arrived on the island of Lesvos between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. Friday, setting authorities and residents on alert. Does Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes his threats to ‘flood Europe with migrants’ come true? According to Greek media, the migrants …

“The damage will be multiple for the European Union,” Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned and threatened that “without the help of Ankara, EU member states may be flooded with waves of migrants.” In the same wave length, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened that “if Europe goes too far, …

One day after the blatant intervention of the European Commission in the legal case of former president of Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT, Employment Commissioner Marianne Thyssen strikes back and threatens Greece that the Eurogroup will take up the ELSTAT issue on the September 9th meeting. In an interview to daily …

June 27, 2016EconomyComments Off on EU bogeymen urge Greece to implement Reforms asap, as “patience is exhausted”

Whoever thought or hoped that the European Union would learn a lesson form the Brexit vote was wrong – me included. They keep repeating the same mantra as every year and scaremongering tactics against Greece. Speaking to Greek reporters in Brussels on Monday, two senior EU officials said that the …

Turkish border guards have killed or beaten and injured more than a dozen Syrian asylum seekers as they tried to cross into Turkey, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Tuesday. “5 people among them a 15-year-old boy have been killed and 14 wounded during the months of …

The European Commission increased pressure on Greece, Italy, Malta, Croatia and Hungary to register the fingerprints of all refugees and economic migrants entering the European Union. In a statement released on Thursday, the EC threatens the 5 EU-member states with “infringement proceedings” for failing to comply with the EU directives …